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Article: Progress on plug-ins: some see plug-in technology as the next evolution of hybrid vehicles; easier for regulators to monitor power plants than mobile sources.(TECHNOLOGY OF CLEAN AIR)
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- Diesel Progress North American Edition
- Article date:
- February 1, 2007
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The hybrid vehicles from Toyota, Ford and General Motors are selling well. Hybrid electric school buses are already carrying kids. Hybrid shuttle buses, refuse trucks and utility trucks are ready for production. FedEx, UPS and Purolator have hybrid package delivery trucks in their fleets. Some 500 hybrid electric transit buses are already in revenue service around the country.
All of that raises the logical question as to what's next for hybrids? And the answer might be only as far away as a wall socket.
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV)--also called grid connected hybrids--are seen by some as the next logical evolution for hybrid vehicles of all ...